Dorota Bucław | |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1977 |
Birth Place: | Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Height: | 1.73 m |
Sport: | Para table tennis |
Disability: | Spinal cord injury |
Disability Class: | C1 |
Dorota Bucław (born 16 October 1977) is a Polish para table tennis player who competes at international table tennis competitions. She is a World bronze medalist and a European champion, she has also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics and has been selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] [2]
In 1994, Bucław was playing basketball with a friend and her friend pressed her body against a wall, she pulled her neck which caused nerve damage and has affected the use of her right hand. Five years later, she broke her neck following an accident at a level crossing.[3] [4]